Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-08
The Japanese Capital.


AMERICAN CITY.
Toxic Correspondence Newark Advertissr
Your readers all familiar with the great cities
OF Europe, either by actual observation OF through
the columns OF current literature: but less Is
known, perhaps, about the great cities OF Asia,
and &c is about the city of Toxic. the capital OF
Japan, that wish 10 write to-day. IL Il larger
than any city on the American continent with the
exception OF New YORK. IL contains fully 1,250ooO
people, and extends over an area nine miles long
by eight broad IL Is "A city OF Immense distances
For instance. 20 go from the station a. you
come IN from iokohama, 10 the station you
leave 10 go Into the country. YOU cross a
distance OF SIX miles, or about twice as far
as from the Battery TO the Central depot In New
York. The city Is cuItousy laid out In the very
center is a large round ura.t of land csntninins
the castle and some other public buildings This
Is surrounded by moat or Father canal which
castle two and quarter times Within the sec-
oDd are the houses OF many OF the noblemen
and some more OF the public buildings out
side OF all this Is the city proper which f. inter-
sected In all directions by canals. Never was
there seen city In which IL WAS easier 10 lose
many heavy stone walls and frequent turnings
make one lose his bearings even on a sunny DAY,
The history OF Toxic has been called a history of
nres, plaques and earthquakes. Perhaps no one
city cAn compare with this In the number OF
It's disastrous accidents In 1900 it Was nothing
but little nshlng village. but it was al that time
made the capital OF tnis section, and rrom that
time Its growth was extremely rapid. as can be
gathered from the fact that IN 1867 a great nre,
pie, and swept away 800 mansions of the nr~t no.
billy, 40 OF other mobiles, $50 temples ana 900
streets; again In 1873, only eleven years later
almost the whole city was burned In l7u3 an
earthquake carried away 81 900 people. In l793
pestilence laid It's hand on tine city and took the
almost inconceiyable number of 10000 souls In
1856 ~, 600 buildings were destroyed by earth
quake and 100000 people perisned These are ONLY
the greater calsmites that have befalen this city
and IL Is a terrible record.
IL was In 1875 that the mikado maze the change
OF his residence from kloto 10 this CITY, Since
that time the two cities have grown apart 80 that
IL Is hard 10 believe that they belong 10 the same
nation kioto Is Old Japan, 1oklo T. new japan.
Through the center OF Toxic runs a long 81 reet
her broadway" and on either side are line build.
ings In the European style OF architecture Every
thing that q foreigner would wish 90 use IN fur.
nIshing house OF replenishing nls wardrobe can
be found on THIS street All the signs are IN Eng
lish, although often accompanied by the narfve
language. A Thorough system OF paving sewer
age, Illumination and horse-car transportation
MAKE Toxic more European than some cities An
Europe. OF course l went through the bazars and
temples and parks, all OF which were interestinr
Our ''curio" In The museum Is worth mentioning
IL was a stuffed specimen of q native domestic
fowl, now almost extinct The peculiarly Is its
tail, which by measurement is i3 English rect
long. The body Of the bird is about the normal
size.